Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Asparagus with Wasabi Mayonnaise

I recently came across a folder on my computer of Really Old Recipes. These are like, recipes from when I was first learning to cook. I'd spent years reading cooking magazines and watching cooking shows (from before the Food Network, even! I've watched Bobby Flay forever!) so I thought I could just jump right in. So I did. My poor mom had to help for quite awhile, until I was at least a junior/senior in college and had a better grasp on things.

Anyway, so there are all these old recipes. I figure I should try them out and figure out if a) they're worth keeping, and b) they taste better now that I know what I'm doing in the kitchen.

Tonight's Really Old Recipe is this asparagus side dish. I remember making it my senior year of high school. I don't remember what I made it with but it was something stupid. I thought it was awesome back then. I made it tonight and it was so freaking fast and quick, I can't believe I thought it was hard once upon a time. Steaming asparagus? Really, self? Ugh. But the point is, it was pretty good. A little strong on the soy sauce so I'd probably reduce that by a lot. And I needed a stronger wasabi because mine disappeared into the ether and that was sad. This was good, but it is not in fact Worth Keeping.